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Hughes Drive, CREWE, CW2 7UA

British Rail Class 25 number 25264. The paper sign above the buffer beam reads: NO ADMITTANCE ON THIS LOCOMOTIVE.

British Rail Class 47 No. 47 137. Grid reference approximate.

Two unidentified British Rail Class 47s and an unidentified Class 40.

One of a pair of lodges (see also Image]) at the Victoria Avenue entrance to Queen's Park. At the first-floor level, an inscribed bressummer carries an inscription commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria and the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Grand Junction Railway. It is a Grade II listed building (List Entry Number: 1138681 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138681 Historic England)

It certainly wasn't the weather for a picnic: not cold, but damp and cloudy. No-one was using the gym facilities, perhaps saving themselves for New Year resolutions.

Looking across the traverser to a brace of Class 47 diesel locomotives that are awaiting their turn in the workshops, or possibly have been restored to health and are awaiting a return to traffic.

Each of the pair of lodges at the main (north) gates of the park is grade II listed. The list entry for this one is 1138681. Architect John Brooke, date 1888. The white wording between the ground and first floor appears to read "The Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Grand Junction Railway".

A pair of mock half timbered lodges either side of the entrance from Victoria Avenue. There is an inscription round both lodges which in total reads: "This park was given by the London & North Western Railway Co 1888 to commemorate the jubilee of her most gracious majesty Queen Victoria and the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Grand Junction Railway and was opened together with the Victoria Avenue by Field Marshal Commander in Chief HRH the Duke of Cambridge KG on the 9th of June 1888. F W Webb Mayor F Cooke Town Clerk" Webb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Webb_(engineer) was not only Mayor (twice) but also Chief Mechanical Engineer of the town's major employer, the LNWR, 1870-1903.

One of a pair of lodges (see also Image]) at the Victoria Avenue entrance to Queen's Park. At the first-floor level, an inscribed bressummer carries an inscription commemorating the opening of Victoria Avenue by the Commander-in-Chief, HRH the Duke of Cambridge. It is a Grade II listed building (List Entry Number: 1136230 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1136230 Historic England)